Tropical forests

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• Subject: Tropical forests
• From: Alistair Sarre <Alistair_Sarre@aplemail.anu.edu.au>
• Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1993 22:16:16 +0300
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I help edit a newsletter called the ITTO Tropical Forest Update which is
sponsored by the International Tropical Timber Organisation.  Its purpose is to
promote the idea of sustainable management.  It is currently distributed free
of charge to 4000 subscribers in English, French and Spanish (English is
published most frequently) and is now in its third year of production.
I am interested in making contact with anyone on this list - in the south or
the north - who has a genuine and active interest in tropical forests.  Send me
your postal address and I'll send you the latest issue.  I would also like to
hear of your particular fields on interest.  For example, the next issue of the
Update deals with tropical plantations - their nature, their management, and
their potential role in meeting future timber demand and alleviating pressure
on natural forests.  Does anyone have anything to contribute?
As a parting, largely rhetorical question, what would be the effect on timber
supply (and thus on in-country and international trade) of reducing the world
harvest of timber to sustainable levels?  (Has anyone calculated numbers?)  Any
comments?

Alistair Sarre
c/o ANUTECH P/L
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
Ph 61-6-2495677
Fax 61-6-2495875

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